Treasury International Capital Data For December

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for December 2017. The next release, which will report on data for January 2018, is scheduled for March 15, 2018.The sum total in December of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a monthly net TIC outflow of $119.3 billion. Of this, net foreign private outflows were $70.0 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $49.3 billion.Foreign residents increased their holdings of long-term U.S. securities in December; net purchases were $34.3 billion. Net purchases by private foreign investors were $42.3 billion, while net sales by foreign official institutions were $8.0 billion.U.S. residents increased their holdings of long-term foreign securities, with net purchases of $7.0 billion.Taking into account transactions in both foreign and U.S. securities, net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $27.3 billion.